Magical Music Box (Marshall Cavendish)

Marshall Cavendish 1994 partwork

From the partwork experts, this series in 52 issues did a great job introducing young people to good music.

Beautifully illustrated, the storybook provides an imaginative insight into the work being performed and is brought alive by the voices of actors used to accompany the music on recorded medium. The booklet also gives background to the composer, the inspiration for the work and even a short part of the musical score with an easyplay guide for recorder or keyboard. The rear cover introduces an orchestral instrument. "The use of music is subtle and effective and placed within a story telling context rather than educational instruction." - Tim Crook, Director & Producer The Wizard's Spell

This set could easily acquire the same sort of cult status as Storyteller. No surprise, it's very popular with music teachers. We give you the option to buy the book and recording separately or in combination. The CDs in particular are highly sought after. Some are more popular than others and are therefore priced accordingly. For information, we include the current stock level in brackets after the item. If we have nothing for a title in stock we will usually show the title but the shopping basket will be absent to prevent accidental ordering of unavailable items. We try to keep the stock figures up to date but, at busy times, there may be some discrepancies.

If the availability figure for an item shows zero (0), this means we are out of stock at the present time.

Updated January 2012

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1: Journey to the Stars

The Planets by Gustav Holst

2: Hall of the Troll King

Peer Gynt Suites by Edvard Grieg

3: Sky Racers

Pastoral Symphony by Beethoven

4: The Wizard's Spell

Swan Lake Suite by Peter Tchaikovsky

5: House of Terrors

Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

6: Daylight Robbery

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

7: The River God

Bolero by Maurice Ravel
Front CD insert has been water damaged but CD fine

8: Night of the Aliens

Orchestral Suite No 4 by J S Bach

9: The Bull Fights Back

Carmen Suites 1 & 2 by Georges Bizet

10: Animal Rescue

Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens

11: Sindbad and the Kraaken

Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov

12: Musical Misfits

Flute & Harp Concerto by Mozart

13: Nightmare Gallery

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

14: The Highwayman's Mask

Viennese Waltzes by Johann Strauss

15: The Dell of Time

Four Seasons by Vivaldi

16: The Big Freeze

Violin Concerto in D by Johannes Brahms

17: The Bowman and the Baron

Overtures by Gioacchino Rossini

18: The Valkyries

Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner

19: The Spinning Wheel

Sleeping Beauty by Peter Tchaikovsky

20: Wagon Train West

New World Symphony by Dvorak

21: Fireworks!

Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel

22: On Thin Ice

Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin

23: Fire-Bringers

Symphony No 5 by Beethoven

24: The Captain's Curse

Nocturnes by Claude Debussy

25: Eve of Battle

Solo Piano Pieces by Frederic Chopin

26: Black Angus

Overtures by Felix Mendelssohn

27: The Imperial Robes

A Little Night Music by Mozart

28: Space Envoys

Piano Concerto No 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov

29: Boomerang!

Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 by Gustav Mahler

30: Bird of Fire

The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky

31: Lost and Found

Symphony No 1 "Spring" by Schumann

32: Pyramid of Khonsoul

"Surprise" Symphony by Franz Joseph Haydn

33: Showdown in Maverick

Rodea by Aaron Copland

34: The Long Shadow

Piano Concerto No 1 by Franz Liszt

35: Festival of the Sun

The Love of Three Oranges by Prokofiev

36: The Sea Princess

La Mer by Claude Debussy

37: The Monks' Treasure

Solo Pieces for Organ by J S Bach

38: King Arthur's Sword

Symphony No 40 by Mozart
Very rare

39: The Magic Lyre

Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven

40: The Great River

The Moldau by Smetana

41: In the Spotlight

The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky

42: Beyond the Wall

Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss

43: The Lady's Tale

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

44: Outlanders

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov

45: The Savage Flames

The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

46: Sealed Orders

Symphony No 1 by Brahms

47: Caught in the Act

Dance Suite by Bela Bartok

48: On the Battlefield

Festival Overture "1812" by Tchaikovsky

49: Trouble with Time

A Night on the Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky

50: Treason and Plot

Baroque Music by Albioni, Pachelbel & Corelli

51: The Happy Dragon

Symphony No 5 by Franz Schubert

52: The Little Soldier

Symphony No 9 by Dmitri Shostakovich

MMB Binder (4)

delightful binder to hold storybooks

Currently (March 2011) we have 4 binders in stock.

Anyone familiar with these binders will know that the clasping mechanism, which is plastic and glued onto the inside of the spine, often comes unstuck. We attempt to repair these as far as possible but there's no easy solution, therefore we cannot guarantee these will fully serve the intended purpose.

MMB cassette / CD Box

Colourful design to match the binders. No handle on CD box

each holds 26 items.